The West Hanover Township Budget is a formal document that defines and establishes the financial expectations of West Hanover Township for the coming fiscal year.  The budget serves the community as a financial plan, a managerial document, a planning tool and a political document.  The Township Manager, with the assistance of various staff and volunteers who serve the community, adheres to the following basic procedures in establishing the annual budget for Board of Supervisors consideration.  The budgetary procedures below establish the budgetary data that is reflected in the Township’s annual audit and monthly financial statements.  These procedures are:

• Formal budgetary integration is employed as a management control device during the year for the General, and Special Revenue Funds.  These budget is adopted on a cash basis of accounting.
   

• The Board of Supervisors approves, by resolution, the annual budget appropriations in accordance with the PA Second Class Township Code.  Any revisions that alter the appropriations of any fund must be presented by the Manager and staff and for consideration and approval by the Board of Supervisors.
   

• Unused appropriations for all of the annually budgeted funds lapse at the end of the year, except for the unexpected balance of such appropriations where contracts are in course of construction at the end of the year.
   

• The budget amounts shown in the financial statements are the final authorized amounts for the purpose specified or as may be recommended for revision by the Township Manager for approval by the Board of Supervisors during the year.
   

• All budget accounts and lines are categorized using the “Chart of Accounts” established by PSATS and the PA Department of Community and Economic Development, and as amended.

 
Budget Information

The links below provide the public with summarized information regarding the Township budget process and approved budget.  If you have any questions, please contact the Township Manager at the Township office by calling (717) 652-4841.